Actor Petrenko Alexey Vasilievich: biography, creative activity, family

Original, unique actor, People's Artist of the RSFSR Petrenko Alexei Vasilyevich, who played Rasputin, Peter I, Stalin and dozens of other roles, continues to rejoice in his seventy-eight years of life, pamper the audience with his appearance on the stage of theater and cinema and raise children. At the age of 72 he started his third youth, which was created by his love of a journalist from Kyrgyzstan and a long-time fan of talent of the actor - Azim Abdumaminov. In addition, Alexei Vasilyevich is a member of the Patriarchal Council of the Orthodox Church. However, let us return to the origins.

Parents

Petrenko Alexey Vasilievich, an actor whose filmography has more than fifty roles, including kings, judges, military leaders, generalissimo, was born into a peasant family in the Chernigov farm.

In general, the pedigree of the artist originates from Poltava Province. It was from Lokhvits that his parents. The elder brother, grandmother, grandfather died of hunger, and his father for the failure of plans for grain delivery was condemned by Stalin's men and exiled to serve his sentence in the camp. Innocent Vasily Alexeevich incredibly failed to escape from the construction of the Moscow-Volga canal, which dealt with convicts. Hiding from the persecution, Alexey's father went to Chernigov region in 1935. Not far from Chemer, in one of the state farms, and the elder Petrenko settled down. And three years later, the future actor Petrenko Alexey Vasilievich appeared. When his son was 11 years old, the family moved to Chernigov, where they were able to buy polkhaty along Boyeva Street for the money they earned.

Childhood and youth

In fact, Alex was born on March 26, although in some sources about the biography of the artist, and in the passport itself, it is April 1. The fact is that Vasily Alekseevich registering his son came to the Village Soviet on April 1, 1938 and in order to avoid unnecessary questions about the late registration of the baby, he called the current day the date of Alexey's birth.

A muscular physique guy - Petrenko Alexey Vasilievich, was fond of sports. Manila his struggle. Yes, this is understandable, because feeling superiority in physical education before the odnodokami, the guy knew what success can be achieved in the sport. But the parallel fascination in the drama circle took precedence over the sporting hobby. Then the head of the theater circle of the Palace of Pioneers explained to Alexei about the importance of the appearance of the actor, and this could be prevented by a broken nose and other injuries resulting from the struggle. Now, watching the impressive list of works of the actor, it is easy to conclude that the future guy associated with theatrical and cinematographic scene.

Entry exams

Only the third time he was able to enter the Temple of Art Petrenko Alexei Vasilyevich. The filmography of the actor dates back to 1967, when the guy was 29 years old, and this is quite a late date for a beginner artist. The fact is that two years in a row the guy stormed the Kiev Theater Institute. The result of the entrance examinations were the following notes: dictation in Russian - 2, and the composition in Ukrainian and not written at all.

In the intervals between the receipts, Alex perceived the profession of a locksmith, a hammer and a sailor. For the third year, fate obeyed the desire of the guy to become an actor, and he entered the Kharkov Theater Institute. Recalling now those years, Alexei Vasilievich is grateful for such a combination of circumstances that enabled him to get to know the life of the factory worker and the worker until he became a student of his alma mater. This powerful school of life helps him so far.

"If you believe in the Lord, so that with you neither happens, it will be for good" - this is the saying that the actor Petrenko Alexei Vasilyevich describes all the life situations that happened to him.

In the credits there is, but in the frame there is no

Now they study Alexei Petrenko's roles in film schools, but the first reincarnation of a still young actor (1966) was simply cut from the film. The film was dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution and described the young commissioner and the struggle with American capitalists. Alexei in the film "The Head of Chukotka" was intended as a bandit, and Petrenko's appearance in the frame was short-lived. For the artist himself, this premiere was a welcome one, and he was not told before the release of it that the episode with him had been cut out. So what was the reason?

When the film was filmed on "Lenfilm", the film had to be approved by censors in Moscow. Originally, the picture was accepted normally, but before the very first day the director called and ordered to remove the scene of robbery, in which Aleksey Vasilyevich Petrenko acted, justifying this with an insult to the Soviet authorities. The thing is that under the scenario this was the second attack on the chief, and the members of the commission were outraged by this repeated incident, they say, there can not be so many robberies in the country.

In the meantime, Alexei has already invited his friend to the cinema premiere, who, at the risk of his reputation, left his studies in order to see Petrenko's first work. The beginning of the film, in the credits the surname of the actor, the plot and the absence of an episode with a robbery. That disappointment and awkward moment had to endure a novice artist. But it was for good, the director, feeling guilty, invited the actor to the film "Marriage", which was released ten years after the "Chukotka's Head", which failed for Petrenko.

To new roles: to Leningrad, to Moscow!

After graduating in 1961, the institute, Alexei got into the Zaporozhye musical drama theater. Then he transferred to the Russian Drama Theater in the city of Zhdanov. Fates from Leningrad worked there, who, assessing the potential of the young guy, told him that there was nothing to do with such a talent and wrote a petition to Igor Vladimirov (director of the Lensovet Theater). Without reading a line from the letter, Alex gathered things, and went to Leningrad for the main roles.

The director asked Petrenko who he wanted to play. Alexei answered: "Knight of Tribald." But this role was assigned to another promising actor. Then Igor Vladimirov advised him to look in the ads of the newspaper "Culture" characters that are required to play in new productions. Petrenko managed to find a role, but this time it was fleeting with just one phrase. But he was happy about it, because it was the beginning of his creative activity in Leningrad. For 10 years, Alexei Vasilievich reincarnated in eleven performances of the Leningrad City Council. Since 1977, he went to conquer Moscow.

First Spouse

In 1960, Alexei married the opera singer Alla, who at the time was raising one daughter from his first marriage to Pauline. Nineteen years they lived together. However, the split in the family occurred two years before the formal dissolution of marriage, and the reason for this was the residence of spouses in different cities. In 1977, Alexei Vasilievich Petrenko worked at the Moscow Theater on Malaya Bronnaya. Alla Petrenko at that time lived with her daughter in Leningrad. Polina has already turned 15 years old, and the father in secret told the girl about her new relationship with a journalist from Moscow Galina Kozhukhova. But a teenager who reads out Conan Doyle decided to send an anonymous letter to his mother about the name of the woman his father loved. Then Alla Alexandrovna told her husband about the decision to dissolve the marriage.

After the divorce, my daughter left to live with her father, so insisted Alexei Vasilievich Petrenko. Polina Petrenko moved to Moscow. She tried to enter the Shchukin school, but, failing the exams, returned to her mother in Leningrad. Now Alla Alexandrovna, Polina and her daughter Anastasia live in Munich.

Petrenko Alexey Vasilyevich (actor): wife for 30 years

Galina Kozhukhova became the support and support for the actor for many years. The artist himself speaks about this union as the happiest event in his personal life. She is a theatrical columnist for Pravda, a journalist, came to interview Alexei Vasilyevich one day. Soon became his wife and chief critic. She discouraged Alexei from taking peripheral roles and on laudatory ode to his wife always replied: "Do not spoil me man."

They, along with Galina, raised her son from the first marriage of Michael, who is now known to the viewer as the TV presenter of the programs "Around the World", "In Search of Adventures." Their marriage was doomed to happiness, but the death of Galina Petrovna stopped counting cohabitation for thirty years.

Meeting with Messing

While playing at the Lensovet Theater, Petrenko was spotted by Elem Klimov, who was just looking for an actor for Rasputin's role in the film Agony. Alem Germanovich before the approval of the candidacy of Alexei, which met all the criteria, decided to invite Messing to make sure of the correctness of his decision.

Then Alexei was 30 years old. They met with Volf Grigorievich and talked for about an hour about life, about health. Petrenko even gave recommendations to Messing, as that to cure sick knees burdock. After their conversation, Wolf wished to take a photo with Alexei for memory and asked him to bring him a photo the next day home.

When Alexey Vasilyevich Petrenko, an actor, showed Messing, Wolf Grigorievich turned the photo and made the inscription: "Dear Alyosha! Everything will be fine with you, I'm mentally with you, 1973 ".

"Agony"

After Messing saw Petrenko's potential as an artist able to play Rasputin, Klimov approved him for the role and began intense shooting. The film became a visiting card of the actor. He got used to the role, passing through himself all the energy of the historical character. As a result, Alexei Vasilievich was hospitalized with angina pectoris.

After Petrenko's recovery, the shooting resumed, and the result was a historical drama with a great performance of actors, which was released only 10 years after the scheduled show.

Images of influential people

The creative activity of Alexey Petrenko contains solid and solid images. "A Tale of how Tsar Peter therap married" - a picture in which Alexei Vasilyevich reincarnated as the autocrat of Peter the Great. In this work, his partner in the frame was Vladimir Vysotsky. The image of Peter turned out in the artist versatile: emotional, energetic, but at the same time kind and suffering.

In the films "Belshazzar's Feast", "Politburo Cooperative" and "Wolf Messing", the artist turned into JV Stalin. The actor created his characters by his instincts and often went beyond the director's frames, reserved for a specific role. Such a responsible approach was liked by the viewer and the filmmakers. He was invited to work Dinara Asanova, Eldar Ryazanov, Nikita Mikhalkov.

Third Youth

In 2010, there was information that Alexei Vasilyevich Petrenko, Azima Abdumaminova - signed. He is 72, and she is younger than her husband for 30 years. I met a couple in the White Pillars at the film festival. Azima was a guest guest and represented the Kyrgyz State Film Fund. By the will of fate, like the second wife of the actor, she worked as a journalist.

Their love became a subject of discussion and gossip. They were married in an Orthodox church. The groom was wearing an Uzbek national costume, and the bride was dressed in Ukrainian decorations.

Children

Petrenko Alexey Vasilievich brought up six children from three marriages and continues to do so. The actor, a daughter (non-native) who now has little contact with his stepfather, is raising two girls of Azima. Although the Kirghiz wife has four children, the two older ones already have their families. In some information sources there is information that the youngest girl Alia is a supposedly joint child of a couple. Michael's stepson also does not communicate with his stepfather and does not want to know anything about Alexei Vasilyevich's new life.

Another talent of the famous actor

Petunenko's craving for singing began from childhood. After all, how can one not fall in love with Ukrainian folk songs, and even when their mother's mother sings them. Over time, Alexei Vasilievich began performing with songs in plays, films and singing accompanied by an orchestra. The repertoire of the artist is different: Ukrainian folklore, romances, classics and Russian folk songs. As a believer, Alexei Vasilyevich loved the church song.